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Researching "Billy," my forthcoming novel about trans jazzman Billy Tipton, I grew to care deeply about transgender rights. 60% of trans/GNC people don't even go out because they can't safely use the bathroom! Many get UTIs from holding it in. Awful.

Find out more in my new blog/Substack post, which has gotten a HUGE positive response. https://authorsherryjones.com/blog or https://sherryjonesauthor.substack.com.

I've drafted this book, sent it to an editor, revised it completely, and sent it to my agent. Let the wild submission cartoons begin!

My research into the Great Goddess is proceeding wonderfully! Just a few chapters into "Goddesses in World Culture," a 900+-page tome, I've found a myth I'll use for my novel "The Great She." I feel so excited about this Goddess-inspired book, which I began writing after Goddess visited me in a dream with a mandate: to "set the record straight" by countering patriarchal narratives with the truth about Her.

I've re-upped my author blog! And starting this week, Tuesdays are "Outtake Tuesday," featuring short outtakes that didn't make it into my published books. Do come and follow -- this will be fun!

I’m reading this entire tome to glean info for my WIP, “The Great She,” a novel of the Great Goddess through time. The depth and breadth of the essays is impressive. I now feel like an expert on the first two goddesses depicted, Kali and Lakshmi.

In honor of Josephine Baker's induction into France's Pantheon, I'm giving away five signed copies of my acclaimed novel about her life, JOSEPHINE BAKER'S LAST DANCE. Here's where to sign up:

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

This is the last week to enter the giveaway for a signed copy of my controversial, kick-ass historical novel THE JEWEL OF MEDINA, about the youngest and most believed (and very kick-ass, herself) bride in the Prophet Muhammad's harem, A'isha bint Abi Bakr. The giveaway ends Friday, April 30! Be sure to enter before it's too late!

"...she had an appetite, not like them prissy-assed city hens who nibble on iceberg lettuce and carrot sticks thinking that skin, bones and stinginess will bring the men running. I could tell them a thing or two about men: what they like these girls don’t want to give."

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I'm so excited to announce that Viola Davis's production company, JuVee Productions, has signed on with actor/producer Paula Patton to co-produce a movie or series based on my novel JOSEPHINE BAKER'S LAST DANCE. Viola Davis read my book and LOVED IT! They are making pitches to studios even as we speak. Fingers crossed that Josephine's amazing story comes to the big or small screen.

I'm actually writing chapter 11 of this book, which occurs in 1943. I had included a funny scene with a coin-operated vibrating bed -- but then did a bit of research and discovered that the Magic Fingers vibrating bed wasn't invented until 1958! Merde!

If she doesn’t get this gig, Dot will have to teach piano lessons, maybe for the rest of her life or, even worse, until she gets married. Dooley comes running in with a fedora that matches the suit and she grins. This will work. It has to.

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Blinking back tears and rage, she went to the Martinique Café with Non Earl to cry on her shoulder: another gig lost because she’s a girl. She used to think talent and skill were what you needed to play music, but it turns out that a penis is also mandatory.

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"We like our dames slinky," he said.

She’d wear anything he wanted her to, but he shook his head and said you can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear and so she picked up her instrument and left, her friend Non Earl behind her cursing, the band leader grasping for her hand and saying he was sorry, that he didn’t make the rules.

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The international sensation THE JEWEL OF MEDINA, is back in print! To celebrate, I'm giving away five autographed copies. https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

The story of A'isha, the Prophet Muhammad''s favorite wife, made headlines and history -- a riot, death threats, an attack on the UK publisher. Follow me on my author page to get my comments as I read the Kindle version!

"We like our dames slinky," he said.

She’d wear anything he wanted her to, but he shook his head and said you can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear and so she picked up her instrument and left, her friend Non Earl behind her cursing, the band leader grasping for her hand and saying he was sorry, that he didn’t make the rules.

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“There’s nothing small about your sound,” he said when she’d finished. “When can you start?” Right now, she started to say but a hard-eyed man with a mean mustache came barreling up from the bar and said they had a rule against girl musicians, that this was a nightclub and not a bordello.

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In the prologue of my work-in-progress, Billy's adopted son, Bill Jr., reminisces about his 'dad':

"You did not ever go into any room that Dad was in without knocking. He was the most private person anybody ever knew. Modest, Mom said, to a tee: In twenty years she’d never seen him naked, not even partially. None of us had."

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This beloved (and controversial) internationally best-selling novel about A'isha, the youngest wife of the Prophet Muhammad, is back in print! To celebrate, I'm re-reading it and adding my comments to the Kindle version, and also giving away 5 signed first-edition hardback copies in a Goodreads giveaway that starts 3/31. Stay tuned!

I've added my work in progress to Goodreads! Add THE FIVE WIVES OF BILLY TIPTON to your to-read list and follow me along as I write :)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

My new kick-ass women and books blog, "Bitches of Yore," just went live! Reviewed: TIDELANDS, RODHAM, THE BLACK MARKETER'S DAUGHTER and ATOMIC LOVE. Please come and check it out -- I aim to make you think, laugh, and read with a fresh and feminist perspective! https://www.bitchesofyore.com

Now available for purchase on Amazon Kindle! The Sword of Medina is the climactic sequel to the controversial The Jewel of Medina, returning to 7th century Arabia to discover whether, after fighting a civil war, a people can ever truly heal.

https://www.amazon.com/Sword-Medina-N...

Now available for purchase on Amazon Kindle!

Born Aisha bint Abi Bakr in seventh century Arabia, she would become the favorite wife of the Prophet Muhammad, and one of the most revered women in the Muslim faith.

Visit the link to get your copy of The Jewel of Medina eBook on Amazon Kindle!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PNSW5FK/...

Now available for purchase on Amazon Kindle!

Born Aisha bint Abi Bakr in seventh century Arabia, she would become the favorite wife of the Prophet Muhammad, and one of the most revered women in the Muslim faith.

Visit the link to get your copy of The Jewel of Medina eBook on Amazon Kindle!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PNSW5FK/...

Now available for purchase on Amazon Kindle!

Born Aisha bint Abi Bakr in seventh century Arabia, she would become the favorite wife of the Prophet Muhammad, and one of the most revered women in the Muslim faith.

Visit the link to get your copy of The Jewel of Medina eBook on Amazon Kindle!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PNSW5FK/...

This book will definitely make the cut for my BITCHES OF YORE blog. These women are incredibly strong, resilient, and loving, and I look forward to returning to them day after day.

Reading part one, I started to wonder, “What if I hadn’t married? What might I have become?” In part two, I’ll start finding out, I suppose. Also, what happens when you don’t sleep but stay up all night to read a book when you’re over 40. OK, over 50.

For my forthcoming blog, “Herstorical Fiction.” The opening pages look promising, indeed, and it will surely be a pleasure to revisit my old stomping grounds of western Montana.